Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45359, Benjamin Eaton, Conn. Continental New Jersey & War Of 1812

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Eaton, Benjamin
S. 45359
Continental
New Jersey
CONTENTS
War of 1812

1912 Dec 16 First to James B. L. and B. S. S. of M. S. A. S. 22/41 S. S. S. S. S.
115 359 Rev INVALID.
File No. 45 359
Benjamin Eaton Pii Rev War
Act: 18 March 1848
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5594
New York Roll
Benjamin Calan Capt Waterman Com y Continentals
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of Jan y 1814 and sent to Case and Humphreys Newburgh N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4m 27d - 39:20 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
$87:20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1775 - 7 yrs
Newburgh

Benjamin Eaton Jr. Hartford. Wiscay reg t 1776 to 1783. Ex Ohio 1818
Benjamin Eaton

that the said Joseph ... County ... } 18 ... it appears that on the 8th day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty ... appeared before me Joseph Morell one of the ... and in the County of Orange ... ... of the ... and County of Orange who being duly sworn, doth Depose and say that on the twenty sixth of June in the year 1870 he enlisted in a company of Connecticut troops under the command of Captain ... in a Regiment commanded by Colonel ... at the Town of Cambridge in the State of ... in which company he continued until the Battle of ... in the same year when he was discharged ... Commanded by Captain ... ... and that this company together with two other companies were ordered back to Cambridge after having marched as far as the ... under the command of Colonel ... After his time expired with Captain ... he the deponent re-enlisted with Captain ... in a ... (Dumas ... ... of Connecticut troops that he continued in said ... until the expiration of (December 1870 when his time of enlistment expired
The ... and ... in the ... Regiment commanded by Colonel ... ... which he continued until his discharge ... attached to the ... ... under the command of Colonel ... ... where he continued the last of his enlistment ... ... when he was drafted into General Washington's ... commanded by ... that he remained ... until the ... (Day of June 1863 when he was discharged from said Guard then commanded by Captain ... at the ... ... in the County of Orange

That this Defendant further saith that his discharge was signed by General Washington and registered by Sergeant Whittick of the Army. That this discharge was honorable and is now in the hands of Chauncy Belknap Esquire of the County of Rutland and County aforesaid. That this Defendant was in sixteen engagements during the Revolution served in the United States Service during the late war with Great Britain that he is now sixty years of age and in very reduced circumstances and requires the aid of Government for his support.
Sworn and submitted before me the 8 th Day of April 1818
Benjamin Eaton
Joseph Morrell
I Joseph Morrell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Orange as within mentioned do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Eaton did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the within affidavit against the Government. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the war Department pursuant to the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
Joseph Morrell

State of Kentucky
Orange County ss. I do hereby certify that the foregoing copy of the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the name subscribed thereto is the proper hand writing of the said Joseph Howell - the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this 10th day of February 1818
J. M. McCall
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the situation of the above named Benjamin Paton and that he is in reduced circumstan- ces and in need of the assistance of his country for support
Joseph Merrill Commissioner

Copies
In the Matter of Benjamin Eaton a Revolutionary Pension Ina
May 1890

District of New York Orange County - } ss.
On this thirty first day of May 1820 personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas, it being a Court of Record for the said County of Orange, Benjamin Eaton of said County aged sixty three years, resident in the said County of Orange, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows: - he enlisted in the year 1775 in Captain Pitcairn's Company, he was in the Battle at Lexington - after that he enlisted under Capt. Thompson and went to New York under General Arnold, he then enlisted under Capt. Wade, Colonel Morrin's Regiment, then he was transferred into Colonel Ogden's Regiment New Jersey line, in the Spring of 1778 he was put into General Washington's Life Guards, he served in that until the last of the year 1783 when he was discharged by Genl. Washington.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of any property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, or to bring myself within the provision of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for pensions in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary wars," passed the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property of pecuniary contracts, debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following inventory, and by me subscribed, viz. No property of any kind to family but my life and she is obliged to take her life estate is dated on 19 th day of January 1819 Number 5594
Subscribed in open Benjamin Eaton Court on this thirty first day of May 1820 Before me John Blake of Middlesex to give Judgement J. M. Clinton D. Ct. Clerk James W. Wilkin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

ing for the said County of Orange, Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and Statement of probate are truly copied from the Record of the said Court;
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this thirty first day of May 1820.
Frederick Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the said County of Orange.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.    CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.   
   _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____    _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____    _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____    _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____    _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____   
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, _____  Residence at date of application, _____  Age at date of application, _____
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Service record as shown by me an account of the military and records of officers as shown in Com. books for First Regiment. All else.